NUS Press has just released the Temasek Wreck report [“The Temasek Wreck Blue-and-White Porcelain Database: Distribution and Composition”] by Dr. Michael Flecker, as part of its Southeast Asian Archaeological Site Reports. Download the report here.
“The Temasek Wreck was lost in Singapore waters. She was progressively excavated from 2016 until 2019 by the Archaeological Unit of the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, acting on behalf of the National Heritage Board. Her surviving cargo of Chinese ceramics comprised blue-and-white, qingbai and shufu porcelain from the kilns of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province; Longquan celadon from Zhejiang Province; stoneware from Cizao in Fujian Province; greenware that was probably also from Fujian kilns, and Dehua whiteware… Notably, the Temasek Wreck contains more Yuan blue-and-white porcelain than any other documented shipwreck in the world.” — Dr. Michael Flecker
Several members of SEACS were amongst the “shard-washing & cataloging team”; SEACS thanks these members and looks forward to learning more from them in person at a future date. To download the above NUS report, click on the link above.
